Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
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ddeeddles64 
I know this chart is primitive because I made it myself using very primitive means. (Now comes with retrofitted decorum.)
- Chart updated: 03/31/2022 01:15
- (Created: 04/07/2018 21:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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The barbarians have entered the city, they're peeing in the fountains and much worse is to follow.
[First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]
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1970
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7,502
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Once upon a time, two Zen acolytes were observing a flag.
"The flag is moving" stated the first.
"The wind is moving" countered the other.
The Zen master overheard them and declared: "Not the wind. Not the flag. Mind is moving."
Not me. Not Alex Chilton. Music.
(All questions to Douglas R. Hofstadter.) [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]
"The flag is moving" stated the first.
"The wind is moving" countered the other.
The Zen master overheard them and declared: "Not the wind. Not the flag. Mind is moving."
Not me. Not Alex Chilton. Music.
(All questions to Douglas R. Hofstadter.) [First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]
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1974
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1,948
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It's like The Ninth Configuration for WASPs. Don't order the swordfish.
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2005
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1,471
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My finest teenage discovery and one of only three albums in this chart that I heard before I was twenty, which makes me feel pretty sad. Memories Can't Wait vanquished my fear of the afterlife.
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1979
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6,858
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Tell me the truth: they're not going to play Ripple at my funeral, are they?
[First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]
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1970
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4,397
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1990
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2,585
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1998
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32,786
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Everything a post-hip jack-o'-lantern ought to be. If only 1970's Elton John could have been this pithy and jag-toothed.
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2015
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5,336
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1967
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503
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[First added to this chart: 04/08/2018]
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1971
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1,235
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1970s | 38 | 38% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 13% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 6 | 6% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Public Enemy | 2 | 2% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 2% | |
| The Fall | 2 | 2% | |
| The Kinks | 2 | 2% | |
| Father John Misty | 2 | 2% | |
| Scott Walker | 2 | 2% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rdRadio City by Big Star |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4thSongs From A Room by Leonard Cohen |
| Down 1 from 4th to 5thMunki by The Jesus And Mary Chain |
| New entries |
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| Abbey Road by The Beatles |
| Leavers |
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| Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention |
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/20/2023 19:13 | Johnnyo | 2,566 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2023 09:07 | Moondance | 476 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2022 15:56 | Nkelleyslc | 114 | 91/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2022 15:15 |  sssvnnn | 2,865 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2020 07:58 |  desh79 | 1,278 | 93/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.0/100, a mean average of 91.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.1.
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From Johnnyo 03/20/2023 19:14 | #295228
I really like this chart. Got a lot of class
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From Moondance 03/20/2023 09:17 | #295200
One of the more intriguing charts I've seen. Not really sure what to make of it - and maybe that is what you intended.
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From areminder 12/15/2020 05:28 | #262716
Solid albeit curious picks. The kind of picks one would make if digging though a record bin for something to play. Brilliant. Favorited
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Larcx13 12/14/2020 10:51 | #262673
Larcx13 12/14/2020 10:51 | #262673
Interesting picks! Pleasantly surprised to see Fun House at n.1
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From zowie 06/27/2020 20:36 | #254625
great.loads I haven't listened too for yonks.a couple of underated albums you have chosen that I love, madness,thier best album,and the late great junior murvin.
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From pctrooper 01/21/2020 22:40 | #247060
Plenty of great picks on here. I share your affinity for rock albums with a rawer edge to them. Check out Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance if you haven't before.
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EyeKanFly 01/20/2020 19:55 | #247034
EyeKanFly 01/20/2020 19:55 | #247034
Neat stuff! I'll have to check out a few of these albums. I can't say I've ever given The Fall a listen, that's first up.
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salahshoori 01/20/2020 11:23 | #247013
salahshoori 01/20/2020 11:23 | #247013
I like your chart. I'm gonna be looking alot at your chart to find new things.
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ForegroundNoise 07/13/2019 14:37 | #239435
ForegroundNoise 07/13/2019 14:37 | #239435
God I love this chart and god I love how you write.
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DeusExMackia 04/15/2019 13:18 | #235019
DeusExMackia 04/15/2019 13:18 | #235019
Your taste is to die for...Idles, Fall, Slaves, Talking Heads and Public Enemy all in one place. This is stellar.
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